YouTube EDU

     There is not a day where a student doesn't come into my class and tell me about some new YouTube video I "just have to see." I think most of them need to see this one (and you may enjoy it as well)  

Tim Hawkins-Youtube

(Don't let the irony that it was posted by a young person take away from the humor...allow it to add.  And, oh, does it add.) 

But, now YouTube has organized and worked with a few, okay a lot, of institutions to bring Teachers a reason to say the same thing:  YouTube EDU.  The offerings are from a broad range of schools (much like my former post on Academic Earth.)  I see Google being able to lasso more participation on a format that already dominates the internet.  Add it to your bookmarks and search engines, and be sure to check back often!  (PS:  the really cool thing is Google is working on software that searches for words inside videos, so this will be sure to open up relevant stuff for teachers even easier.  Want to find a lecture that may integrate but don't want to watch the whole thing, just a clip? Just search inside the lecture, etc.  Cool.)  Here's an example from the site from Standfor. I deliberately didn't choose from the tons of available lectures. Teacher/Students can have fun too:

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